Monday, April 25, 2011

Cracking eggs competition in 1836 New York, a White House Egg Roll of 1874, and English Monday egg games in early 1800 are detailed. Eggs have been decorated for centuries, with some intricate or memorable examples "preserved very carefully in the corner-cupboard ; each egg being the occupant of a deep, long-stemmed ale-glass...

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

This picture of "The Cries of London: Peas, Strawberries, Cherries," is painted on the fore-edge of the book Poems, by the late William Cowper, 1820. It is in a phenominal collection of fore-edge paintings, from the Rare Books Depart. of the Boston Public Library, HERE. To view the image the pages were fanned out...

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Friday, April 8, 2011

Queen's Cakes are little pound cakes with currants baked in small fluted pans.
So how did they get the name - was there a particular Queen? Petty or Patty Pans could be large or small, china or tin, and huge numbers. Recipes given for the cake and icing...